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The campaigns of Alexander “Sandy” Treadwell and Michael Rocque each say the other is having trouble with the facts when it comes to fund-raising.

Rocque points out that Treadwell’s side got it wrong when it put outÂ numbers that were intended to correct a claim by Rocque that his fund-raising was stronger than Treadwell’s. In the “correction,” Treadwell’s side put down Rocque as pulling in $42,899 in the latest quarter. But the actual number was $52,899.

Treadwell’s camp said it erroneously deducted a $10,000 loan Rocque made to his campaign from the total, when in fact the loan was in addition to the money he raised from other people.

Treadwell’s side, meanwhile, takes exception to Rocque’s claim, in a note to donors, that Treadwell’s fund-raising had “dried up so much that, he had to loan his campaign over $300,000.” Considering that Treadwell took in nine times what Rocque did (and still outdid him 3-to-1 when a personal contribution was taken out), Treadwell’s side says supportÂ is hardly running dry.

Rocque stands by the characterization: â€œThat statement was accurately based on his campaign having raised significantly less money during the third fund raising quarter than it did during the second fund raising quarter if you separate what was actually raised from individual donors and what he personally gave to the campaign.â€

For the record, here are the numbers for the various candidates who reported (all numbers are rounded to nearest dollar, andÂ net after any refunds, offsets, etc. Under “Self,” L=Loan, C=Contribution. Contributions are included in the money raised, loans are not)

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